Motorola Motoactv Copies Apple iPod Nano Watch

Motorola announced the $249 and $299 Motoactv 1.6″ MP3 music player watch at its “faster, thinner, smarter, stronger” Android event today. It’s a music player in a sweatproof and scratchproof housing, with some other features. But looks quite similar to the 2010 iPod touch nano (starting $129 now) isn’t it?

So Motorola expects people to pay up to $450 + price of watch band for this iPod nano watch knockoff? Good luck with that.

Motorola’s Android Imitation

What do people think about it?

“Hilarious. It’s like the entire consumer tech community is back on training wheels, waiting to imitate whatever Apple does.” – Moeskido

“Wait, so Android is copying Apple so much they put the “Apple Tax” in effect?” – Ivan Irizarry

Recently, Motorola tried to copied the iPad, but failed miserably with its Xoom Android tablet. Although the Motoactv has some interesting ideas, its me-too factor and steep price will almost certainly result in another gigantic flop for Motorola.

I don’t think that this comparism is really fair. If you look only on the music capability, the motoactv fails because of the higher price. but the motoactv has way more features including a transflective display, watersplash protection, GPS, etc.

It is therefore – unlike the nano – a device specific for the sports folks, who are a different target group.

Motorola the company is losing money. That means they are selling products below cost, which is not sustainable.

Imagine that they have to charge a higher price on everything to sustain their company. If very few people buy that (or the Zune) at current prices, then even fewer people would buy it at a higher price.